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Air disaster

German pilot killed in plane crash at Polish air show

The wreckage was located at a depth of 8 metres. Piotr Augustyniak/PAP

A German pilot was killed as his plane lost control and plunged into the Vistula River during a stunt performance at the Płock Air Picnic in central Poland on Saturday, a spokesman for Poland's State Fire Brigade, Edward Mysera told PAP.

Rescuers locate wreckage of plane that fell into the Vistula

The wreckage of the aircraft which plunged into the river during an air show was located at a depth of 3 to 6 metres, 20 metres from the river bank, spokesman for the Commander in Chief of the State Fire Brigade Paweł Frątczak told PAP.

Plane plunges into river at air show in central Poland

A plane lost control and plunged into the Vistula River as it performed stunts at an air show in Plock, central Poland on Saturday.

I was not responsible for president's Katyn trip - Tusk at Smolensk disaster hearing

I was not politically responsible for President Lech Kaczynski's April 10, 2010, trip to Katyn, European Council head and former Polish PM Donald Tusk said on Monday in Warsaw testifying as a witness at the trial of his former office head, Tomasz Arabski.

EU Council's Tusk to testify in Smolensk hearing on Monday

Former Polish PM and current European Council head Donald Tusk will testify at a Warsaw district court on Monday in a hearing on the 2010 Smolensk air disaster, in which the accused is his former chancellery head, Tomasz Arabski.

Macierewicz commission annuls gov't report on Smolensk crash

A special commission under former Defence Minister Antoni Macierewicz has refuted the 2011 findings of a government commission investigating the 2010 Smolensk air disaster, which stated pilot error as the disaster cause.

Memorial to Smolensk air crash victims unveiled in Warsaw

Polish President Andrzej Duda and ruling Law and Justice party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski attended a ceremony on Tuesday, during which a monument to the victims of the Polish presidential plane disaster of 2010 was unveiled.

Smolensk air disaster monument unveiled in Budapest

A monument to the victims of the 2010 Smolensk air disaster, unveiled in Budapest on Friday, is a beautiful gesture which will serve to strengthen Polish-Hungarian friendship, Poland's ruling Law and Justice party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski said in the Hungarian capital.

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